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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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