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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the 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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