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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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