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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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