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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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