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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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