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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for people all over 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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