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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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