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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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