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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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