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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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