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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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