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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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