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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online 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 education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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