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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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