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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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