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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 (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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