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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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