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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part 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 MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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