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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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