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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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