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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today 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 institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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