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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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