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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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