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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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