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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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