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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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