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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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