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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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