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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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