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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate 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 massive open online courses are free for learners 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 issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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