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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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