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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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