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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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