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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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