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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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