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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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