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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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