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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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