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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. 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 institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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