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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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