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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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