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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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