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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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