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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants 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 almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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