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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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