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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered learners all over 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. These MOOCs are generally 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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