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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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