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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all over 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. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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