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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. 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 but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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