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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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