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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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