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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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