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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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