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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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