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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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