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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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