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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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