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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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