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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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