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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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