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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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