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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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