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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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