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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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