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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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