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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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