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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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