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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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