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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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