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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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