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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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