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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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