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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education