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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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