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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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