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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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