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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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