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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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