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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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