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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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