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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major 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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