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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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