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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources