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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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