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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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