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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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