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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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