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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people 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 courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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