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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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