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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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