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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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