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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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