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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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