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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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