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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines 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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