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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the 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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