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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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