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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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