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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not 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 lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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