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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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