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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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