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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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