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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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