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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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