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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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