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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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