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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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