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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 (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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