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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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