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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take part 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 massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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