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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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