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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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