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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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