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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education