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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled learners all over 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 MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines 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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