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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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