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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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