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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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