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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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