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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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