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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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