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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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