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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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