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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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