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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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