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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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