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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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