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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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