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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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