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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers 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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