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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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