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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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