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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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