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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have empowered students in nations all around 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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