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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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