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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major 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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