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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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