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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of 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 massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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