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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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