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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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