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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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