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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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