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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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