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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take 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 courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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