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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes 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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