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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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