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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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