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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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