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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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