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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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 online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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