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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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