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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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