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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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