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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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