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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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