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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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