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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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