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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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