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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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