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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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