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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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