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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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