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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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