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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around 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. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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