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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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