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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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