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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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