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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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