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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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