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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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