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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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