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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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