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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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