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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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