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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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