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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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