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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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