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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over 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 massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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