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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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