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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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