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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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