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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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