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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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