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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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