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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing 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 be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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