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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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