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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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