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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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