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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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