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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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