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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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