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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)