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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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