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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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