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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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