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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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