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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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