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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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