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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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