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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC 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. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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