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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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