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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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