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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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