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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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