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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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