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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled 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 MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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