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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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