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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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