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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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