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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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