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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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