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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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