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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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