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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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