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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in 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 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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