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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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