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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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