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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses 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 usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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