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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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