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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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