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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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