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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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