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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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