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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the 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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