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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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