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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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