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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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