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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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