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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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