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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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