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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth 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 ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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