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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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