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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today 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 teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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