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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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