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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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