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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the 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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