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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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