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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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