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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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