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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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