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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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