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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled humans 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. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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