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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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