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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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