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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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