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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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