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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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