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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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