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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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