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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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