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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to 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 organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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