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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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