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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 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 organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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