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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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