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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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