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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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