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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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