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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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