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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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