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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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