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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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