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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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