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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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