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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. 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 certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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