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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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