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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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