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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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