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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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