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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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