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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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