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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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