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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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