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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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