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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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