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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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