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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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