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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews 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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