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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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