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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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