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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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