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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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