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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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