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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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