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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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