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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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