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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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