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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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