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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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