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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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