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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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