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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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