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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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