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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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