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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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