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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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