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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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