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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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