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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to 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 organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about 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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