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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. 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 organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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