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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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