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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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