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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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