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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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