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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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