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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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