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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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