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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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