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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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