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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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