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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of 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. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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