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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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