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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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