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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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