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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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