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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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