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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates 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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