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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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