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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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