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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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