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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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