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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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