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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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