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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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