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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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