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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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