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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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