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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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