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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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