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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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