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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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