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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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