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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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