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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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