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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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