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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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