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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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