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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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