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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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