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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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