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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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