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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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