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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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