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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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