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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing 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 teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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