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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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