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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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