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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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