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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world 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 MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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