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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans 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 online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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