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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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