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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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