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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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