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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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