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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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