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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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