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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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