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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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