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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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