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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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