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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over 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. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key 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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