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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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