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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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