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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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