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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have enabled people 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 massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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