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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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