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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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