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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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