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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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