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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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