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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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