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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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