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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Congo, (Congo  – Brazzaville) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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