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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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