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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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