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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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