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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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