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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider today 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 assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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