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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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