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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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