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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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