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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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