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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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