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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with 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 organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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