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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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