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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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