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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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