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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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