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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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