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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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