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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics 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. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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