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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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