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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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