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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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