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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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