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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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