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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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