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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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