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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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