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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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