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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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