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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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