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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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