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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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