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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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