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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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