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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. 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 organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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