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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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