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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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