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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. 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 participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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