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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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