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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education