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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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