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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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