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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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