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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to 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 participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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