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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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