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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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