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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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