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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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