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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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