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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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