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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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