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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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