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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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