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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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