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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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