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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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