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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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