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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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