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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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