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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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