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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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