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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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