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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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