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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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