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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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