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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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