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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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