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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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