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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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