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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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