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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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