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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses 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 normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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