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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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