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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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