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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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