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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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