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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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