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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part 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 MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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