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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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