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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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