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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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