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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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