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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education