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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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