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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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