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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes 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 normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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