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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing 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 we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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