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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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