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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the major 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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