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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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