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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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