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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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