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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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