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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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