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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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