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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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