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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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