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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. 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 tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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