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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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