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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education