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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. 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 teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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