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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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