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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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