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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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