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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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