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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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