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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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