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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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