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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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