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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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