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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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