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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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