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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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