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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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