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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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