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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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