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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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