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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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