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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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