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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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