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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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