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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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