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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are enabling students all around 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. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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