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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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