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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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