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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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