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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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