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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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