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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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