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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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