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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided 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. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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