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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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