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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are empowering students 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. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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