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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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