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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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