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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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