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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important 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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