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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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