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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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