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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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